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According to tradition, to the virtuous among the feudal lords
the Son of Heaven gives presents. The first gift is carriages;
the second is clothes; the third, a bodyguard; the fourth, a musical
instrument; the fifth, an audience;[2] the sixth, vermilion doors;
the seventh, bow and arrows; the eighth, a battle-ax; the ninth,
millet wine.[3] The Ode says,[4]

I give you a large libation cup of jade,
And a jar of herb-flavored spirits from the black millet.

[1]

A, B, C include this paragraph as part of the last. I follow CHy and D. The
same list in a slightly different order occurs in Li-wei han-wên-chia [OMITTED]
6a. Po-hu t`ung 5.7b-8b elaborates: "He whose virtue is put into action is granted
carriage horses; he who can pacify the people is given clothes; he who can make the
people contented and happy is given a musical performance; one whose people are
numerous is given vermilion doors; one who can advance the talented is given an
audience; he who can retire the wicked is given a bodyguard; he who can punish the
guilty is given a battle-axe; he who can chastize the unrighteous is given bow and
arrows; he who is perfect in filial piety is given millet wine" [OMITTED]
[OMITTED]
[OMITTED]
[OMITTED].

[2]

Pelliot (TP 29(1932) .205-6) quotes Liu P`an-sui (in Kuo-hsüeh lun-ts`ung
2.2.227-8) as saying it was the favor of aiding the emperor to mount the audience stage
while holding out to him the jade disc [OMITTED].

[3]

Lei-chü 53.1a adds [OMITTED] "These are called the nine [imperial] presents";
likewise Li Shan's com. on Wên hsüan 35.27b, with [OMITTED] for [OMITTED]. (Chao 197.)

[4]

Shih 554 No. 262/5.